Stephen Harper accuses Mark Carney of overselling his importance during 2008 financial crisis – Toronto Star + MORE Mar 3rd

Stephen Harper accuses Mark Carney of overselling his importance during 2008 financial crisis  Toronto Star‘Revisionist history’: Carney hits back at Harper over letter challenging the Liberal leadership frontrunner’s economic chops  CTV NewsFormer prime minister Harper accuses Carney of overblowing role during financial crisis  CBC NewsStephen Harper says Carney is taking credit for ‘things he had little or nothing to do with’  National PostFormer PM Harper blasts Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney’s economic record  Yahoo Canada Finance

Trump confirms he will impose 25% tariff on Canadian goods Tuesday  CBC NewsDonald Trump jolts stock markets with plan to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Tuesday  Toronto StarTrump confirms tariffs happen Tuesday  CityNews EdmontonTrump says 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday, with ‘no room’ for delay  The Associated PressTrump says 25 per cent tariffs will go ahead and ‘no room left’ for deal with Canada  National Post

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My wife and I are both retired office workers from a large manufacturing firm. She retired at 60 and I did at 61. We are both 67 now. We have good retirement income between our pensions, LIF, OAS and max CCP, as well as about $12,000 per year in dividend income. The issue is our RRSPs. We have around $900,000 combined, despite drawing down anywhere from $30,000 to $50,000 each year combined. Market returns have been good so it keeps growing despite the withdrawals. We don’t need the income but have drawn down some to take our income to just below OAS clawback level.

We recognize this is a good problem to have, but trying to determine if there is a software program to determine best withdrawals to make each year especially before we turn 71 and convert to RIF.

Trying to balance the issue of pulling even more money out now and paying more tax and OAS clawback versus our kids losing 50% of our RIF to tax when we pass.

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But there’s barely any mention in the latest annual update of Musk’s full-bore entry into right-wing politics, which some experts say is turning off potential customers who don’t share his views.

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“It’s marketing 101: Don’t involve yourself in politics,” said New York brand consultant Robert Passikoff. “People will stop buying your products.” It may be too late.

The impact on Tesla sales

Tesla sales plunged 45% in Europe in January, according to research firm Jato Dynamics, even as overall electric vehicle sales rose. That comes after a report of falling sales in California, its biggest U.S. market, and the first annual drop globally for the company last year.

“I don’t even want to drive it,” said Model 3 owner John Parnell, a Democrat from Ross, California, adding that he also is cancelling his order for the company’s Cybertruck, losing a $100 deposit…

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